RETURNING abroad Filipino employees (OFWs) get an opportunity to discover new opportunities in entrepreneurship and scholarship choices as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Batangas joined the current Bayanihan para sa Balikbayang Mangagawa-National Reintegration Network’ (BBM-NRN) and Mega Job Fair on the Batangas City Convention Center.
OFW LIVELIHOOD Department of Science and Technology-Batangas Science Research Specialist 2 Cedric Rodriguez affords the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines program to a former abroad Filipino employee in Batangas City. DOST-BATANGAS PHOTO
The BBM-NRN and Mega Job Fair gathered authorities businesses, personal organizations and employers to offer reintegration help, livelihood opportunities and employment providers for returning OFWs, job seekers and their households.
During the exercise, DOST-Batangas launched packages designed to assist former abroad employees construct sustainable livelihoods and pursue entrepreneurship opportunities of their house communities.
Among the featured initiatives was the Innovations for Filipinos Working Distantly from the Philippines (iFWD PH) Program, which assists returning OFWs in establishing technology-based and innovation-driven enterprises.
DOST personnel offered info on how individuals can entry expertise interventions, technical help and enterprise growth help to assist remodel their entrepreneurial concepts into viable enterprises.
The company additionally promoted the Undergraduate Scholarship Program and Junior Level Science Scholarship Program to eligible college students, notably dependents and relations of OFWs.
Participants obtained info on scholarship advantages, {qualifications}, precedence diploma packages and utility procedures to encourage extra younger Filipinos pursue careers in science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic or STEM.
Several individuals likewise inquired about DOST’s expertise coaching, consultancy providers, and the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program or SETUP, which helps micro, small, and medium enterprises looking for to enhance productiveness, product high quality and competitiveness by means of expertise adoption.
Organized by the Department of Migrant Workers Region 4-A, the exercise highlighted how authorities packages can help OFWs not solely in securing employment opportunities upon returning house but additionally in creating sustainable sources of revenue by means of entrepreneurship, innovation and training.
Through its participation within the reintegration fair, DOST-Batangas strengthened its dedication to assist returning OFWs and their households construct resilient futures by offering entry to science and technology-based opportunities that promote socioeconomic growth.
The iFWD PH is among the many initiatives of DOST aimed toward offering science-based, progressive and inclusive options throughout 4 strategic pillars: human well-being, wealth creation, wealth safety and sustainability.
These pillars embody the mantra OneDOST4U: Solutions and Opportunities for All.
Visit www.region4a.dost.gov.ph for extra info.